Understanding Latina/O Students' Perceptions of High School Counselors and Acculturation as Predictors of Enrollment in AP Courses

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Lenz

et al. 2015

Positive psychology is a useful framework to understand Latina/o students' experiences. In the current study, we examined how presence of meaning in life, search for meaning in life, hope, and family importance influenced 128 Latina/o college students' psychological grit. We used the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), Subjective Happiness Scale, Hope Scale, Pan-Hispanic Familism Scale, and Short Grit Scale to measure the aforementioned factors. Using multiple regression analysis, findings indicated that hope and search for meaning in life were significant predictors of psychological grit. Higher levels of hope positively predicted psychological grit, while higher levels of search for meaning in life negatively predicted psychological grit. We provide a discussion regarding the importance of these findings as well as recommendations for future research.

Section: Preliminary Analysesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Positive Psychology and Familial Factors as Predictors of Latina/o Students’ Psychological Grit

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Lenz

et al. 2015

“…The purpose of this study was to develop and establish validity evidence for an instrument to assess perceptions of school counselor support among high school students. Because researchers, practitioners, and professional organizations are interested in evaluating students' perceptions of school counselor support (Lapan et al, 2017;Vela, Zamarripa, Balkin, Johnson, & Smith, 2013), having accurate information for measures of perceptions of support advances a school counseling approach by providing researchers and practitioners with information regarding psychometric properties. With the increasing interest in school counseling and different areas of services, there is a need to provide validity evidence for instruments in different languages with high school students.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Researchers (Lapan et al, 2017;Vela et al, 2013) highlighted the lack of instruments with a theoretical approach and validity evidence that measure perceptions of support from school counselors. The current study used ASCA National Model (2003, 2005, 2014a, ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Students Success (2014b), and developmental approach to create items and subscales.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of Perceived School Counselor Support Scale: Based on the ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors

Karaman

Karadaş

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education

2019

Self Cite

This study presents a culturally and psychometrically sound instrument of perceived school counselor support among Turkish high school students. The study has been framed using American School Counseling Association's Mindsets and Behaviors for Students Success Model to create a valuable instrument that measures students' perceptions of their school counselors' support in a different culture, society, and education system. The results of this study supported the theoretical based Perceived School Counselor Support Scale long and short forms providing initial and strong evidence based on internal structure and relations to other variables. Internal consistency estimates on subscales ranged from good to strong.

“…In addition, Perceived Support was emerged as a new subscale. Explanations for these findings include that appraisal does not fall into the role of school counselors (Vela et al, 2014) and the large counselor-student ratio in many schools throughout the US. Students might perceive their school counselors to be accessible for individual counseling, advisement, or college information.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A review of published studies (Author, 2014;Author, 2015) revealed a trend for applications of subscale scores as predictor variables in multiple regression models of students' academic decisions and college-going beliefs. Cavazos Vela, Zamarripa, Balkin, Johnson, and Smith (2014) used the SCSS to measure the extent to which students' perceptions of support from school counselor predicted enrollment in AP coursework. Reliability of the total score was.…”

Section: Counselor Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factorial Validity of Teacher and School Counselor Support Scales in Latina/o Students

Karaman

Adıyaman Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi

2018

Bu çalışmada, öğretmenlerin ve okullardaki psikolojik danışmanların öğrencilere verdikleri desteğin boyutunu Latin öğrenciler ile ölçen güncellenmiş Öğretmen Destek Ölçeğinin (ÖDÖ-G) ve Okul Psikolojik Danışmanı Destek Ölçeğinin (OPDÖ) psikometrik özellikleri incelenmiştir. Çalışma, ölçeklerin geçerlik ve güvenirliklerinin farklı gruplardan bireylerle incelenmesi, elde edilen verilerin öğretmenlerin ya da psikolojik danışmanların destek boyutunun tutarlı bir şekilde ölçülmesi açısından önem arz etmektedir. Ölçeklerin güvenirliğine dayalı çalışmalar araştırmacılar tarafından incelenmişken alanyazında Latin öğrenciler grubuyla ya da bireylerle yapılmış geçerlik çalışmasına rastlanmamıştır. ÖDÖ-G'nin ve OPDÖ'nün yapı geçerliliği doğrulayıcı ve açıklayıcı faktör analizi (DFA ve AFA) yöntemleri kullanılarak ölçülmüştür. ÖDÖ-G'nin iki farklı modeli oluşturulmuş ve analiz edilmiştir. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçları, ÖDÖ-G'nin beş faktörlü ve 22 maddeli modelinin kabul edilebilir düzeyde olduğunu göstermiştir. OPDÖ'nin faktör yapısını belirlemek amacıyla paralel analiz ve açıklayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmıştır. Bulgular OPDÖ'nün üç'lü bir faktör yapısına sahip oluğunu ve toplam varyansın %68'ini açıkladığını göstermiştir. Latin öğrencilere yönelik araştırma ve uygulama önerileri sonuçlar bölümünde tartışılmıştır.